Posted January 12, 2014 I am putting together a Mini Atx built using some parts from another build and some brand new parts. This pc is going to be primarily used for gaming. I decided to to do a new built after my old motherboard decided to choke on itself and keel over. 4670K(new) Asus Z87 i Delux(new) Noctua LP 120mm cooler(new) 8GB LP Ram(recycled) GTX 780(recycled) Seasonic 750 watt psu(recycled) 2X120GB SSD's in Raid0,mmmmmmm...(recycled) 1TB hard drive, caviar black (noisy as f*k) recycled Cubitek Mini Cube!!! I went with this case because its made completely of aluminum, looks good, and can hold a full size power supply as well as my 780(stock cooler version). I was motivated to build a small system after watching Linus's build guide using this case. I also like the direction Mac Pro went with by building a small, powerful, mobile system that looked good. Some of the things I didn't like about Mac Pro are price, no internal hdd expandability, having to buy proprietary Apple parts to upgrade, and Mac Os. I decided to build my own mini, powerful, gaming rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 12, 2014 Noctau lol "When in doubt, don't take your wallet out." - Dad † TTCF Member † Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 12, 2014 Author Noctau lol Thanks =) its fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 12, 2014 What CPU did you have before? "When in doubt, don't take your wallet out." - Dad † TTCF Member † Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 12, 2014 Author What CPU did you have before? 3570K. I decided that if I am buying a new motherboard I might as well go with haswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 12, 2014 3570K. I decided that if I am buying a new motherboard I might as well go with haswell. It's sorta like a build-upgrade then? "When in doubt, don't take your wallet out." - Dad † TTCF Member † Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 12, 2014 Author It's sorta like a build-upgrade then? Its a motherboard replacement and move to mini itx. I want to more easily move my desktop around and i don't use the extra slots on an atx motherboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 12, 2014 I'm liking the sounds of this so far. Main rig on profile VAULT - File Server Spoiler Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C Spoiler Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro Mac Mini (Late 2020) Spoiler Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 12, 2014 3570K. I decided that if I am buying a new motherboard I might as well go with haswell. A 3570K is like 5 - 6% slower than a 4670K though, almost not worth it, plus Haswell will run hotter and overclock less than Ivy Bridge. My Personal Rig - AMD 3970X | ASUS sTRX4-Pro | RTX 2080 Super | 64GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB DDR4 | CoolerMaster H500P Mesh My Wife's Rig - AMD 3900X | MSI B450I Gaming | 5500 XT 4GB | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Silverstone SG13 White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 13, 2014 A 3570K is like 5 - 6% slower than a 4670K though, almost not worth it, plus Haswell will run hotter and overclock less than Ivy Bridge. If he doesn't do oc i would recommend a xeon e3 1230v3. ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 18, 2014 Author A 3570K is like 5 - 6% slower than a 4670K though, almost not worth it, plus Haswell will run hotter and overclock less than Ivy Bridge. I understand. I didn't build a new pc to get a Haswell cpu. My motives where to replace my motherboard a create a mini itx system. Since I was buying a new motherboard I decided to buy into a new chipset instead of sticking to a obsolete one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 18, 2014 Author If he doesn't do oc i would recommend a xeon e3 1230v3. Sorry I already purchased and oc'd the chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 18, 2014 Author This build is pretty similar to a build guide linus did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 20, 2014 Dude, I'm thinking of building something that looks exactly like this. How are your CPU and GPU temps with the intake 120mm on the bottom and the NH-L12 CPU cooler? How are noise levels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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